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5 Rupiah
| Issuer | Keresidenan Lampung (Lampung Residency), Propinsi Sumatera |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Intricate woodcut-style geometric and foliate border surrounds a central text panel. A stylised all-seeing eye motif is engraved at the top centre of the border. The text box contains the redemption conditions referencing the Governor of Sumatera's decree of 9 January 1948. |
| Reverse lettering | Tanda pembajaran jang sah buat sementara akan ditukar dengan mata uang R.I. Propinsi Sumatera sesudah mendapat ketetapan dari Gubernur Prop. Sumatera tgl 9-1-1948 No. 4211/D.K.O. Diterima oleh Perwakilan Bank Negara Indonesia dan segala Kas Negara di Keras. Lampung. |
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Keresidenan Lampung was one of several residency-level authorities in Sumatra that issued their own emergency currency during the Indonesian National Revolution — a period when the nascent Republic struggled to maintain any standardized monetary supply against Dutch military pressure. These residency notes filled a genuine void left by the collapse of colonial financial infrastructure after 1945.
The P#S387 is among the more obscure entries in the Sumatran emergency series. Documentation on print runs, issuing dates within the 1948 window, and surviving populations remains thin. Forgeries of Sumatran revolutionary-period notes were not uncommon even at the time of issue.